Figured covering.



STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LED-71G 'ILHELM SEESER, OF RAGUHN, GERMANY.

FIGURED COVERING.

Ks; 812.531; Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application fil'ed September l8,-1905. Serial No. 27-? 058;

" the essentialfeature of which combination is that the figured tissueis united with the other stutfin amanrier that their figured orornamented sides form the oiltsides and the covering is used wit-h thefigured-tissue forming 'the top suflace. By this inventionthere isattained that a figured. or diapered covering can be produced in a moresimple and lessexpensive way than hitherto.

Until now; figur'ed'tissues were produced.

either by pointing or printing the pattern upon the'covering when it wasready. There arealso'other more or less troublesome and expensiveprocesses known for producing coverings fi 'u red through and throughFor producing t rsInew figured covering either a tissue of threads ofvarious colors is used or a tissue on which the pattern is printed. In

both cases the figured tissue can he produced at a proportionately smallcost and much cheaper than the figuring of already-finished coverings,as the" figured tissuecan either at once be. woven out of coloredthreads on the loom or also tissue of one color can be printed on afterthe manner of cloth-printing, which is much cheaper than printing orpainting on theready-made covers. The thus-prepared figured tissue isthen united on its back with the other stufl by pressing or other means,or eventually it is embedded in the same, for

i which there are some very simple continuous rocesses, so that alsothis part of the manuihcturing process is not expensive. The figuredcovering is then completely ready and does not require any furtherprocess, so that in consequence of this it becomes a considerablycheaper article.

As a base or bottom material linoleum, paper, or any other suitablemass-for instance, wood-pulp, cellulose, or the hke may be used, or twoor several layers of the tissue may be used and the same be united bypaste, putty, cement, or the like, or between the different layers anintermediate layer of a sticky, fclty, or other material-tor inst ance,

papermay be placedadapted to fill any open spaces or meshes of thetissue, so that no dust or dirt can penetrate into the covermg. thebottom material, the tissue may be irregularly cross-weavedas, forinstance, tweed or the like or also of threads of difierent thicknesses.Thereby is attained an unevenness of the contact-surface of the tissuewith the bottom material adapted to bring about a good and reliableunion of the two.

) If the bottom material on pressing the covering passes through .themeslles of the tissue,

it mayday its own color aid in the figuring of the tissue, so that if,for instance, a tissue of only two colors is used. a three-coloredfiguring of the covering will (if the bottom mate rial isrone-colored)be produced'if the same penetrates through the meshes of the tissue. Ifmore than one layer ofltissue' isused for forming the covering, thpatternsof. the

diflerent layers may either exactly cover each other, so that theCOVGflIIgLYVllLQhOMLOLL bothvsid es the same patterii, or the single 8 olayers of the tissue may show various patterns, and these differentpatterns when they are visible through the openfmeshes of the otherlayers of tissue or enter into the same may work together to form oneWhole as a pattern. A covering consisting only of layers of tissue maythen be used as desired on both sides, as it will show either on bothsides the same or different patterns. Under the main layer of thefigured tissue pieces of tis- 0 sue of various colors cut to formdifferent figures orfp'atterns may be placed and united with the same bypressing, so that a further figuring of the covering will take placeaccording to the shapes of the said pieces.

By means ofthis invention carpets, rugs, and the like, and in generalcoverings for floors, walls, ceilings, and so on can be produced whicharejsimilar to textile fabrics, so that figured tissues or fabrics willfind an increased use. It is evident that in the production of suchcoverings also light and interior materials may be used, which for themselves alone could not be used for coverings.

The tissue may before or after being united 1o 5 withthe other materialbe suitably impreg nated. If the figured tissue is produced by printing,the printing is preferably done with oil colors in a manner that thecolor soaks through the Whole thread, so that the thread, I 10 though ithad originally a color different from that of the pattern, will retainthe color In order to firmly unite the tissue with 60 quite as long asif it had been given to it originally and until thelast fiber is usedup.-

It would of cdurse be no deviation from theprinciple of this inventionif first a tissue of one color only were united with the base or bottommaterial and thereupon the tissue figured by printing or other means,asthe' product wouldin both cases be the same; but

the latter mode of manufacture would be far less advantageous than theabove described, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byUnited States Letters Patent, 1sa r 1. A composite covering for floors,Walls,

ceilingsand the like consisting of a colored or vfigured base layer,and'a colored or figured covering-tissue of fabric or textile materialceilings, and the'like, consistingof a colored or .figuredbase layer,and an open-mesh textile colored or figured covering tissue: or fabricunited to the base layer and arranged" to ex;' 1

gurmg o pose therethrough the colorin glor. the base layer. a

covering for fioors, Walls,-

In Witness whereof'l have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWoWitnesses. I

LUDWIG WILHELM SEESER, Witnesses: i

HENRY HAsPER, p

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